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SLUAS Providing ‘Awesome Capability’ To Submarines

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SLUAS Providing ‘Awesome Capability’ To Submarines
The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN-760) departs the Thames River for a scheduled deployment in 2012. (Photo: U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 1st Class Virginia Schaefer)

A Navy official said they have now developed and demonstrated the utility of a submarine-launched unmanned aerial system (SLUAS) to help target torpedoes. The Navy used authorities under a middle tier acquisition approved in March 2019 to begin the project in May 2019, with three demonstrations conducted in 2019 and 2020, Rear Adm. David Goggins, program executive officer for submarines, said at the virtual annual Naval Submarine League symposium on Nov. 18. Goggins noted that just eight months after completing…

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